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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · Jul 31

New visual story: Inside the relentless race for AI capacity

The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Jul 16

w/ the brilliant @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @janatausch.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social Dan Clark &
@gakuito.bsky.social

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Jul 16

Immigration authorities say they are enforcing US laws and deny poor conditions. The companies running detention sites say they provide a service, uphold standards and treat people with respect.

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Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry

The enormous US deportation programme is enriching companies as detainees complain of poor treatment

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Jul 16

Detainees, their lawyers and relatives have told the FT of overcrowding, poor food and medical and legal issues.

Ex-detainee Maurilio Ambrocio's five children

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Jul 16

The Financial Times analysis has identified a number of facilities housing hundreds more people than they were designed to hold.

Charts showing x3 facilities over capacity

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Jul 16

A record 57,800 detainees are now being held — a 46 per cent increase since Trump came to power.

Chart showing the record rise in detention population to almost 60,000

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Jul 16

A large number of these facilities are run by for-profit companies — a multi-billion-dollar industry that has exploded over four decades. The prospect of Trump’s record-breaking deportation drive has seen the market value surge of the two biggest: Geo Group and CoreCivic.

Charts showing ICE revenue rise and jump in share price

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Jul 16

The Trump administration has launched the largest domestic deportation operation in US history — aiming to expel one million immigrants in a year. The president is doubling immigration detention capacity, expanding bedspace and establishing more facilities.

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Jul 16

NEW: Even before Donald Trump began his mass deportation plans, the US had the world's largest immigration detention system - 85% run privately.

Record numbers are now being held and detainees, lawyers and relatives have spoken of poor conditions.

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Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry

The enormous US deportation programme is enriching companies as detainees complain of poor treatment

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Jul 14

NEW: A US-backed aid scheme in Gaza forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back

Powerful work from FT colleagues Heba Saleh, @alisonkilling.bsky.social, Aditi Bhandari, James Sandy, Gaku Ito and @digitalcampbell.ft.com

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Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’

A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back

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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · Jun 11

A new form of smuggling is funding Mexico’s cartels, with fuel from the US illegally imported in massive volumes. One in four vehicles in the country could be running on contraband fuel.

W/ @digitalcampbell.ft.com christine murray @peter.andringa.me @alisonkilling.bsky.social

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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · May 20

New: The government wants a technological revolution in healthcare. But from paper notes to inconsistent data sharing and dozens of IT systems, digitising the NHS will not be easy.

W/ @laurahughesft.bsky.social @upyorkshire.ft.com @carolinenevitt.bsky.social @emmalewis.ft.com

👉 on.ft.com/4dqrVDG

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Apr 28

See the full story and take a tour inside an iphone here ig.ft.com/us-iphone/

Why Trump can’t build iPhones in the US

The administration wants the iPhone to be manufactured in America. The components that power it show why that is highly impractical

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Apr 28

A deeper look at the supply chain for three parts in the latest iPhone models illustrates the complexities. Key parts for the touchscreen, for example, are made in South Korea and China, with just the cover glass made in the US.

An infographic showing three crucial components of an iPhone — the frame, the touchscreen and a pile of tiny screws. Arrows connect each of the components to their location in a teardown image showing the phone's multiple parts.

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Apr 28

Shifting the sophisticated global supply chains that sustain Apple’s operations would be a challenge. They have been built up over decades and the bulk of iPhones (around 85 per cent) are still assembled in China, with the rest made in India.

Map showing locations of Apple’s suppliers. Most are in China, especially Jiangsu and Guangdong.

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Apr 28

NEW: Donald Trump wants the iPhone to be manufactured in America.

We take you inside the world's most popular smartphone to illustrate why that is highly impractical.

👉 Why Trump can't dislodge Apple from China: ig.ft.com/us-iphone/

Why Trump can’t dislodge Apple from China

The administration wants the iPhone to be manufactured in America. The components that power it show why that is highly impractical

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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · Apr 28

New: Why Trump can’t dislodge Apple from China. The administration wants the iPhone to be manufactured in the US. A look inside the world’s most popular smartphone illustrates why analysts have dismissed Trump’s plan as unrealistic

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Why Trump can’t dislodge Apple from China

The administration wants the iPhone to be manufactured in America. The components that power it show why that is highly impractical

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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · Apr 12

New: More than 3/4 of the mobile phones, games consoles, food processors, electric fans and toys shipped to the US last year were made in China.

The products are among more than 50 items with an import value above $1bn subject to Trump’s 125% tariffs.

Free-to-read link: on.ft.com/3Ei8ujf

A chart showing percentage of goods imported from China in 2024, sized by value in billions of dollars. Categories include machinery, electronics, textiles, and more. Key highlights include 90% of microwaves, over 80% of smartphones, and 66% of laptops imported into the US coming from China.

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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · Apr 9

NEW: Trump hopes that his tariffs will erode China’s surplus and allow US factories to compete. But the Chinese trade juggernaut is built on deep competitive advantages built up over decades and will not be easily dislodged

Our visual deep dive into China's trade dominance ig.ft.com/china-trade-...

How China’s record trade surplus helped spark Trump’s tariff war

Beijing’s domination of global trade has led to a schism between the world’s two largest economies — and left many others worried about their industries being crushed by China’s export machine

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Mar 10

Lucky to have worked with the A-team of @richardmilne.ft.com @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social Dan Clark
@ian-bott.bsky.social and Bob Haslett.

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Mar 10

Nato nations are rallying and monitoring movements in the Baltic Sea. But some fear other European seas will also become a target for sabotage attempts. A senior European official warns: “The Baltic Sea is just the beginning.”

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Inside Russia’s shadow war in the Baltics

A series of suspected sabotage incidents has exposed the vulnerability of Europe’s undersea infrastructure

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Mar 10

Russia itself has denied involvement in each incident. But others argue all three could not have been accidents or down to bad seamanship.

Composite image showing the Eagel S vessel's anchor and drag mark stretching about 90km

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Mar 10

In three recent incidents of potential sabotage, vessels have been accused of dragging their anchors for long distances, with at least 11 incidents of cable damage since October 2023

Map showing the Baltic region and three red lines of vessels accused of dragging anchors

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Mar 10

The Baltic Sea is particularly vulnerable. It is a busy, shared waterway and more than 90% of its international waters are shallower than 150 metres - easily reachable by dragging anchors.

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Lucy Rodgers @upyorkshire.ft.com · Mar 10

New: Inside Russia’s shadow war in the Baltics

As tensions rise with Moscow, suspected cable sabotage has exposed the vulnerability of Europe's subsea infrastructure. “I can believe that one case could be an accident. Two cases in a row? Hardly. Three and more? Never."

👉 ig.ft.com/baltic-sea/

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